The Nexus 7 became the first smash hit for Google's tablet ambitions, with the Asus-made device sold for a cheap price and offering what was an extremely high tech spec for the time. However, angst within the Android community claims it's now breaking en masse, with the blame pointed at failing cheap components. If you've got one, how's it doing? Read More >>

Some tech specs purportedly describing Sony's first monster-sized "phablet" have appeared online, suggesting the company is about to launch an enormous 6.44-inch Xperia model powered by a a top-of-the-range Snapdragon 800 processor. Read More >>

You can already get beloved board games like Monopoly on your tablet that provide a somewhat similar experience to the original cardboard sets. But they'll never fully replace those old versions because they lack the tangible satisfaction of grabbing a pair of dice, going through your shaking ritual, and tossing them across the table—oh wait, what's that? Scosche just released a set of wireless dice that work with tablets and smartphones? (Throws Monopoly in the garbage.) Read More >>

Despite being a little long in the (blue) tooth, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 is still a pretty nifty Android tablet -- that is, if you ignore the quantity of bloat that Sammy's stuck on top. Thankfully, by rooting and flashing a custom ROM, we can get around that, and unleash the Tab 2's true potential. Read More >>

Ever since wooing the world with its stock 'Droid firmware and £180 sticker price last year, Google's Nexus 7 has ruled the cheap tablet market with its budget-sourced iron fist. HP's now taking them on at their own game, with a bargain-basement 7-incher, also running molestation-free Jelly Bean, and costing a pitiful £130. Read More >>

Microsoft is set to include a free copy of MS Office 2013 with some Windows 8 tablets, while RT users get themselves a free Outlook app for easier corporate email management. Microsoft's also planning to boost the security of the things by allowing users with the necessary hardware to require a fingerprint scan to unlock some folders. Read More >>

We have good news and bad news for those who were psyched by the idea of an HTC One blown up to 7-inches. It does exist, but it's not made by HTC, nor will it be available to buy, because it's an Nvidia Tegra 4 demo tablet. What a shame. Read More >>

If you looked at the Microsoft Surface Type and Touch Cover keyboards and wanted more keys, you'll be getting them. Well, sort of. Microsoft is updating the keyboard to add the ability to toggle between what the keys on the top row do. It's a little bit confusing but if you love your function keys, you'll definitely know your way around. Read More >>

It was one of the most anticipated devices of this year's Computex: The Acer Iconia W3, the first full Windows 8 tablet to take on the iPad Mini. We finally got some hands-on time, and the results are bittersweet. Read More >>

Toshiba's just launched a trio of new Android Excite tablets, and on paper they look pretty sweet: a budget £250 machine, and a more interesting pair of Tegra 4-powered tablets that are gunning after the high-end Android tablet market, all powered by sweet sweet stock 'Droid. In the flesh, though, they don't exactly live up to their promise. In fact, they're all-round a little disappointing. Read More >>

Asus has already been experimenting with mixing Android and Windows in the same device with its bizarre but intriguing 18.5-inch Transformer All-in-One desktop, giant-Android-slab-thing. Now, it's taking the concept to its logical extreme with the new Transformer Book Trio, dual processor-weilding device that staking its claim to tablet, notebook, and desktop territory. Read More >>

With the Xperia Tablet Z, Sony's making a statement: It's saying that the premium, innovative Sony-of-old is back. The Sony we remember fondly from our childhoods. This thing's an absolute stunner, that much is obvious to anyone on the internet, but using it, is it good enough to supplant the Nexus 10 or even the tablet king, the iPad? Read More >>

The previously leaked Acer Iconia W3 has been officially announced by the hardware maker today, which added a stamp of officialdom to internet rumour. The 8.1" tablet is 11.3mm thick, with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 clocked at 1.8GHz inside. Read More >>

Asus has been busy announcing a slew of new products at Computex in Taipei overnight and, while many of them are deeply unremarkable, a glass-coated ultrabook and updated Transformer Pad Infinity should be enough to pique your interest. Read More >>

Samsung's much rumoured, but not exactly hotly anticipated Galaxy Tab 3 series expansion is finally real in both 8-inch and 10.1-inch low-res screen varieties. Adding to the 7-incher, Samsung's definitely targeting the Tab at the entry-level tablet market with its new boring "Tab 3 series". Read More >>